George Steel

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George Steel Location Chicago George Steel was a Chicago building contractor born in Forfarshire, Scotland who was a founding member of the Chicago Board of Trade and served as the third president of the exchange. He followed Thomas Dyer and Charles Walker in the role. He died in March of 1865 in Chicago. Background Steel came to Chicago from Scotland via Canada. He was born in Forfarshire, Scotland in 1797, one of a family of twelve sons and moved to Canada in 1828. Steel was the first president of the Illinois Saint Andrew Society in 1845. He came to Chicago in 1837, having engaged in a contract to build a section of the Illinois & Michigan Canal. After stoppage of work on the canal, Steel became a general commission merchant in Chicago and established a pork-packing business on South Water Street. Steel had an office and warehouse located at the foot of LaSalle Street on South Street. In 1856, a new three-story building was erected on this site and it became the first permanent home for the Chicago Board of Trade. His company built the first steam operated grain elevator in Chicago. It was capable of operating from the canal as well as the railroads. The elevator had a capacity of 100,000 bushels and was located at Franklin and River streets. Steel served as president of the Chicago Board of Trade from 1852 to 1853. As a member of the CBOT, Steel was among the members that requested a special meeting of the CBOT board to respond to a call by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln for the mustering of 300 thousand troops for fighting in the U.S. Civil War. The CBOT members pledged to use their influence and money to recruit a battery to be known as the "Board of Trade Battery". References

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